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Kerala Sahitya Akademi

Autonomous body to promote the Malayalam language and literature

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Autonomous body to promote the Malayalam language and literature

Field	Value
image	Kerala Sahitya Akademy.JPG
formation
native name	കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
type	Literary Organisation
headquarters	Thrissur, Kerala,

language	Malayalam
leader_title	Patron
leader_name	Pinarayi Vijayan
leader_title2	President
leader_name2	K. Satchidanandan
leader_name3	C.P. Aboobacker
leader_title3	Secretary
name	Academy for Malayalam Literature
website

Kerala Sahitya Akademi

The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam Literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and literature. It is situated in the city of Thrissur, Kerala in India.

History

The academy was inaugurated on 15 October 1956, by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of Travancore, in Thiruvananthapuram. It was shifted to its present location at City of Thrissur in September 1957. Though the Kerala Government provides the funding and support for the academy, the administration of the academy is autonomous according to its constitution. The academy recognises superior literary works through its annual literary awards for Poetry, Novel, Story, Drama, Literary criticism, Biography – autobiography, Travelogue, Humour, Translation, Children's literature etc.. the academy is headed by Malayalam short story writer Vaisakhan, who is serving as its president, Khadija Mumtaz as its vice president, and K P Mohanan as its secretary.{{cite web |access-date = 2010-05-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120218134049/http://www.tsr.kerala.gov.in/sectors.htm |archive-date = 2012-02-18

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

Main article: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

The Akademi instituted the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. It is given annually to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories.

Activities

The academy has a library in Kerala. It is an approved doctoral research centre for the universities in Kerala. The Akademi also holds periodic book festivals to encourage reading among the masses. The Akademi has a picture gallery of writers of yester years. The Akademi regularly publishes three journals Sahithyalokam, Sahithya Chakravalam and Malayalam Literary Survey (in English). Besides the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, the Akademi awards the illustrious Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, which is named after the father of Malayalam literature Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, yearly to prominent literary figures.

References

"Sahitya Akademi". [[Government of Kerala]].

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